Chapter 5 5

Ben travels for work and comes back after three weeks instead of two weeks he said , while the baby keeps growing, and the mother waiting for his arrival.

" Mother , am back , good evening" Ben greets.

"Son , you are back, welcome back home " said the mother,

" how is baby Omotola?, hope she didn't gives you problems," asked Ben.

" baby Omotola is fine ,she cries but not much , she is just a gentle girl like her mother " says Ben"s" mother.

"Mother you are too much for me , you are the best mother in the world " Ben flattering his mother .

" thank you my son " says theBen's mother.

" mother let me go inside my room and refreshing up" says Ben

" Okay son hope you brings something that is enough to share" asked Ben's mother.

" not that too much , but they will definitely get something out of their mone which is important " says Ben.

" go and refreshing up and come back " says the mother.

" i will be right back " says Ben.

" baby Omotola, come let me change your Pampers " says the grandma .

" greetings mother " kunle greets his mother

" when did yoi come back or you are just coming " aaked the mother.

" it has been a while " says kunle .

" and you're just coming to greet me ", welcome son" says the mother.

" thank you, how is baby Omotola doing ?, hope she is not giving problem, is she eating well?" Kunle asked.

" baby Omotola is fine, when are you getting married, how long are you going to be a bachelor?" the mother aaked.

" mother i will get married, but i wanted to have a good and permanent job before getting married." says Kunle.

Please be fast , because I need someone that will be helping me in this house " say the mother.

"Just let me secure the permanent job, after that i will get married " says Kunle.

" do you even have a girlfriend ?" aaked the mother.

" yes i have one beautiful girl " Kunle answered.

" Bring her home, i want to see how beautiful she is " says mother.

Kunle just smiles, and promises her mother that he will brings his girlfriend and Kunle carries baby Omotola and played with her a little before he left for his room.

" mother good morning how was your night , how was Omotola doing in the night ?" Ben asked.

" we are fine, expected you yesterday, what happened?"says the mother ,

" l slept off " says Ben .

" i have ninety thousand with me now , how are we going to share the money " Ben aaked.

" do you have any other job at hand " the mother aaked.

" right now i don't have ,but i will be going to the market to do menial job, at least i will bring something everyday " says Ben.

" in that case let's give contribution collector thirty six thousand and micro finance thirty thousand the remaining money for the up keep " says Ben"s mother..

" mother do you wants to take the money go now " Ben aaked.

" take your card and go and give mrs gbade thirty thousand, give her your card to mark it " said the mother.

" when are we paying the contribution collector " Ben aak her mother.

" we will have to wait for Kunle to come back from market " says Ben"s mother.

" let me go to mrs Gbade on time : Ben says .

" be fast and come back on time " says his mother.

" Ben pays off his debt for the month, because he has two months to pay for the contribution collector loan , and six months to pay for micro finance bank loan.. kunle comes back from market and he puts all what he bought from the market in the store and put the cooking ingredients in the kitchen, and the mother saw him , "Kunle you are back " aaked the mother ," yes mother " Kunle answered " i bought snacks for you mother " Kunle said, thank you my son " the mother said. Then Kunle goes back to his room , waiting for any available jobs. Ben comes inside and aak his mother if Kunle has come back from the market.

" where is Kunle " Ben aaked her mother .

" maybe he in his room " the mother answered. " let me go and call him to come and stay with baby Omotola so that we can go to contribution collector " says Ben .

: Okay , let me dressed up so that we can go to his office " says the mother.

Kunle stays with baby Omotola while Ben and their mother go to contribution collector's office, where they pay part out of the loan taken from the man, and after the payment, they returned home.

: did baby Omotola troubles you" asked Ben.

" no , she is just playing, l only gave her water" said Kunle .

"so i can leave you and travelled "said Ben's mother.

" yes now " Kunle answered. As all of them are inside gisting, someone knocks the door " who could that be , Kunle go and check, who is at the doorstep " ssys their mother.

" who is at the doorstep " Kunle aaked.

" it's me Sandra " she answered.

and she entered, greetings my inlaws : Sandra greets, " how are you mama , i have come to check on baby Omotola " said Sandra. " good of you , how is your business, hope everything is alright with you ?" asked Ben's mother.

Mama am fine, thank you for taking care of baby Omotola, see her cheek , it's coming out , mama thanks so much for job well done on this baby " says Sandra,

" the work is not easy but God is assisting me " ssid Ben's mother.

" mama i brought some items for baby Omotola and for you and even for Ben " ssid Sandra.

Thank you my inlaw " says Ben's mother.

" what of me , what did you buy for me ?" asked Kunle.

" don't worry, when next am coming, i will bring something special for you " ssid Sandra.

" okay i will be expecting what you promised me" ssid Kunle 8

" thanks so much, i really appreciate what you bought for us " says Ben.

" Sandra please don't forget your promises " says grandma.

" i will never forget mama " says Sandra.

"Thank you " says grandma.

Since you are here , you will help me take care of baby Omotola today so that i can go and cook for us " said the grandma.